Animal-feeding device



L MAT'TSON.

ANIMAL FEEDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APR-27, 192|.

l s 3 9 89 3 3 6 Patented Nov. 29, 1921,

2 SHEETS*SHEEI I.

l. MATTSON.

ANIMAL FEEDING DEVICE. APPLICATION man mm1, 1921.

l 398,3 36 Patentea Nov. 29, 1921.

2 SHEETS-SHEE 2.

INVENTOR a, CIJ/M @www ATTORNEY .y

- Zen of the United -States, residing at Fairsite star-g ivan Mawson, orsalariati), iowii.

ANIMAL-FEEDING DEVICE. i

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To all iii/.noia it' may concern Be it known that l' lviii Miirrsow acitiiield, in the county ot' Jefferson and State' oi iowa, have inventeda new and useful lmprovement in Animal-Feeding" Devices, oit which thefollowing isfarspeciiication.

. My invention rela-tes to a 'feed truck designed to run along` anextended feed trough or bunk designed to support the truck, so thattliefeed containedv in the receptacle, with which the truck is provided, maybe distributed along the trough or bunk as de-` sired by theoperator,and it consists of an adjustment oi' the wheels Vofthe truck withrelation tothe receptacle whereby the feed therein may be `easily andexpeditiously dumped into the trough while the truck is beingrun alongtrack-ways thereover. Also, of a further combination andadjustment ofparts whereby the wheelsol the truck will be adapted to also run on alevel 'floor and the receptacle will be prevented from being,` dumpedthereon, and 0l other improved features which will be set i"orth in thespecification and claims.`

ln the accoinpany'ingk 'drawings which.

form a part of rthe* specification, `Figure l is a side view oit a feedtruck mountedV on a section of a feed trough which is connected atoneend to a portion of a feed-house floor, the structure therein shownembodying` my invention. Fig. 2 isa transverse section on line 2 2 ofFig. l, looking in the direction oi the arrows. Fig. 3 is an enlargedtion on line 3-8 oit Fig. l. Fig. el is a plan view of a section of the`feeddi'ouse ifioor adj oiniiig` the upper edges of the iteedtrough.

Figs. 45 and 6 arealso enlargedsecjtions oiilines 5-5 andy 6- 01"' Fig'.l which will be" fully described later on. flllig.` 7 .is an enlargeddiametrical'section of one of the wheels of theytruclr asindicated bylines 7-47 of Fig. l."

Referring to the drawings A represents thesides and B the bottom of anextendedy -ieed-trough or bunk, which sides and bottoin are supported inposition by a series'oiq vertically disposed timbers C set in the groundD, and by cross-braces lfili secured to said timbers. L At one end thetrough is connected to the floor of a feed-house or silo, as indicatedby F, the feed-hous'e-or silo not being-shown. The truck` is adapted torun oni-the floor F as well as alongfthe 'leedtrough, and is providedwith a rectangular P can extended to tor-in shaped receptacle (lyhaving` a bottoni ll, sides l, iront end J and back endJ".

'To lower portions of the receptacle, prefera'bly the bottom H, axles K`and llare secured as shown by clips L ,iii Fig. 5 (which is atransverse sectionoi a portion of one side of the receptacle Gr and a'portion of the axle l), anden the outwardly projecting ends of the axlestwo pairs of wheels anges O extended outwardly at approxi-` t'o theaxles laiid l 'to place on the track-ways A. The outer'edges of theflanges iii'- stead of continuing at approximatelyright angles to theaxles are 4deflected inwardly `Vso mately right `angles iold the wheelsiii as to extend in circles substantially parallel" with the axles.'` v

By thisy means. secondary treads P are` formed Aont larger diametersthanjthe treads N. to run onthe floor' F, and as will be seen The objectoit these secondary treads isf Specification of Letters ."E'ateiit,Pttfi'itl N0 tft 29, ltllzlt Appiication Vinea April 27, 192i. serialNo. 464,983.

the sides Aoi the trough are extendedup I, they arepro-' i n .to run onthe upper edges or the side-pieces A.' and with* by "Fig, l, theupperedges ot'parts A c'on-` i stituting thetracl-ways for the wheelsover vthetrough vare set enough higher to correspond with theyoutstanding widths ofthe flanges O. ln this way, the lmain treadsllfwill' be in line with the upper edges of the track-ways A, Vwhjilethesecondary treads P will truck will therefore pass easily and withoutjari'ro'in the floor to the track-ways and vice versa; Il it'wasattempted to use ordireach the floor, theilanges would eithercutrecesses inthe floor or they would have to be made so extremely thickand heavy that it wouldvnialre the wheels'eitremely' clumsy and'epensive to manufacture. 1

widths of secondary tread `without adding materially to the w ight ofthe wheels. 'lnorder to fruide the wheels of the feed- 1-.4 i et" 11 fr5h ffl v- F einer more ceL ainiy ioni .e ooL on to the track-ways 'A itis advisable to taper the adyacent ends ot' the traclrways outwardlyindicated by a in Fig. el, and also bein line withtlie Hoor F and theThe flanges f any desired esl `nary ilangedwheels lfor this-purpose byfinakingW the flanges the proper `widths to ii u to nail a couple ofcleats Q ends pointing inwardly also as shown 1n Fig. d. By thisarrangemcntthe wheels of the feed-truck will be easily guided on to thetraelrnways and the danger of their running off will be prevented.

It will bevobserved by an inspectionA of IF ig. l that "the axle Kzandthe Wheels M .i mounted on the ends of said axle are located much`nearer to the central meridian yline of the receptacle G than the axleK..and

wheels lv 1" The object of this arrangement is to assist in dumping thefeed. The location of-the'seV axles and wheels is designed tobesuch-that the normal positionrof the truck, asshown by the full-lines inFig: 1,

I willV be maintained kwhile Vthe truck is being run along` thetrack-ways on the upper edges ofv the trough but that a slight downwardVimpulse on the part of the operator applied to the front end ofthereceptacle will cause 'Y 'it to assume the dumped Y y the dottedlines,.the wheels M being lifted position shown by bodily,7 olf thetracleway and theentire truck turning ofthe pivot of .the'axle K. Bythis means thervery least possible effort is re- Y time it may Vist ifthe trough. It is also `preferable that this v endbe made sli'dablesothat it may be taken Vout oil/opened slightly at the bottom to re- V fplish quired to dump the truck and at the same be Vrun along ythetrack-ways in its normal upright position without material `danger ofbeing prematurely upset.

t is desirable that the truck should be dumped tojdistribute the feedinthe trough but it would beobjectionable forthe truck to be dumped andspill the feed on the floor. ToV provide against this contingency Iplace a small caster-wheel R under the end of the receptacle'next totheaxle K so that when vpassing'over:the floor this wheel will come incontact with the floor before the truck` can be tilted suiiciently tocause lit .to dump.

While lthis arrangementl will prevent the truckfrombeing dumped on thefloor it will notvinterfere' in the least with its dumping intothetrough.- Other means which will Contact vwiththe floor and preventdumping if the truck should beslightly tilted may be `used to securethis result ibut I consider the casterwheel preferable for this purpose.Y

The rear end JY may be disposed at substantially right-anglestogthebottom H of the receptacle, but it is preferable that the frontend J` beset sloping; as shown in Fig. l, so that when thereceptacleis dumped itg will be in substantial line with the bottom ofthe feed-trough, lasshown by dotted lines, thus facilitating the deposit vofthe feed inlease a Vsmall amount` of feed. To accomthis result I place VangleironsS on the, insides ofV these ends ofthe sides I and place the end Jinsidefo'f .these angle irons i' as plainly shown in Fig. Tohold the endin place I use two or more keepers T with their inner which are securedto the outside of the member J so as to catch over the outer sides ofthe angles S. The end J may also be provided with a handle U to assistin sliding it up and down on the angles S.

In handling the truck the operator walks To hold these ends of the sidesI together I use a pipe V through which and also through adjacentopenings in the sides I a bolt W lis passed, which when drawn tight willsef curely hold the sides in position. To adjust the distance 4of thesides apart to'suit the'rey quirements of the slidable member J, I in!sert one or more washers X, between the ends of the pipe and the sidesI. ABy putting in or taking out washers the distance can beA varied yso*that the slidable member 'J will neither be tootight nor too loose.lIig. 6 is an enlarged transverse section of a vcommon plan ofconnecting the sides and betteln of a box by means of a cleat Y and boltZ; which may be used to advantage inthe construction of the receptacle.The entire device or combination of devices is extremely simple andinexpensive to construct, also easily and ex peditiously manufacturedand is decidedly effective in operation. .Y

VVhat I claim is: i

l. In animal feeding'devices, the conibinai tion: of an extended:feedtrough having track-ways on itsupper. edges, a feed truck having arectangularly shaped receptacle, and twov pairsl of wheelsadapted to runon the track-ways journaled on lower portions of said receptacleyonepair ofthe wheels being journaled near'the meridian line of thereceptacle andthe other pair of wheels being journaled'nearto one end ofthe receptacle, whereby the ,truck w-illbe nearly balanced Aicol liowhen resting on all the wheels and a slight 1 i' downward pull'on theextended endl o f the? receptacle next tothe central wheels will causeitto tip down'ward anddumpthe receptacle into the trough.

V2. In animal feeding devices, the combina! tion ofanextendedfeed-trough having track-ways on its upperedges, a feed `truck having arectangularly 'shaped receptacle, a pair of axles affixed to the bottomofthereceptacle, one axle Vnear its meridian line'and thel other axlenear one of the ends of the receptacle7 and two pairs of wheels mountedon` the cutstandingfendsof the axles, wherev by the truck will be nearlybalanced when resting on all of theffxvheels and a slight downward pullon the extended end of the receptacle next the central wheels will causethe receptacleto tilt on the `central axle as a pivot and to dump itinto the tro-ugh.

3. In animal feeding devices, the con'ibina-` tion ot' an extendedieed-treu`gli having track-ways on its vupper edges,-a 'feed truckhaving a rectangularly shaped receptacle, with one of its ends madesloping to i'oifm an extended upper edge,- and"` two pa'irs'oil wheelsadapted to run on the track-ways journaled on lower portions of saidreceptacle, oneV pair of the wheels being journaled` near the meridianline of the receptacle and the other pair ot wheels being` journalednear to one end of the receptacle, whereby the truck will be nearlybalanced when resting on all the wheels and a slight downward pull onthe extended end of thereceptacle next to the central wheels will causeit to tip downward and dump the receptacle into the trough and thesloping end of the receptacle will be substantially in line with thebottom of the trough.

et. ln a device of the character described, the combination of anextended feed-trough and a feed-truck having wheels adapted to run onthe upper edges of the `.ieed trough, the trough comprising a. series ofvertically disposed spaced apart timbers set in a suit-7 ablefoundation, side boards secured to the sides oi the timbers and extendedupto form track-ways forthe wheels of the feedtruclr to run upon,'joistsextended. across from the timbers onone side to the timbers on the otherand bottom boards secured to said j joists.

5. ln a device of the character described,

the combination of an extended feed-trough and afeed-truck having wheelsadapted to run on the upper edges of the feed trough,

the trough comprising a series of vertically disposed spaced aparttimbers set in a suitable oundation, side boards secured to the sides oithe timbers and extended up to form tracleways for the wheels of thefeed-truck to run upon, pairs of joists extended across on oppositesides of the timbers on onev side at anangle to the adjacent sides ofthe timbers on the other side so asto cross each other vnear theircenters, and bottom boards vsecured to the joists whereby the bottom otthe trough will slope downward from the sides oi-the trough to thecenter.

6. In a device of the character described, the combination ot anextended ieed trough having track-ways on its upper edges, a

feed-floor adjoining one end of the feedtrough, anda feed-truck withwheels having main treadsy adapted to run on the track-ways, andsecondary treads of larger diameter adapted to run on the eed-iioor, thetrack-ways being set higher than the 4feed-floor to equalize thedifference between the radii of the main and secondary treads.

7. In a device of the character described, the combination of anextended feed-trough having track-ways on its upper edges, a feed-flooradjoining onefend or' the feedtrough, and a feed-truck with wheelshaving main treads adapted to runen the trach-V wa 's flan 'es' on thewheelsto run alone' the a V b inner sidesV of the track-ways, andtheouter portions ot' flanges being deflected inwardly on a circular lineparallel with the journals upon which the wheels are `mounted and thustorni secondary treads adapted to run upon the feed-floor. l

8. In a devicejof the character described,

the combination of an extended feed-trough having track-ways on itsupper edges, a feed n floory adjoining one end of the feed-trough, and afeed-truck with wheels having main .treads adapted/to run onthetrack-ways, and secondary treads 'of larger diameter adapted to run onthe 'feed-floor, the trackways 'being set higher than the feed-floor toequalize the dilierencebetween the radii "of the main and secondarytreads, the ends 'of the track-wa s beine extended a short track-ways.

9. ln a device of the character described, the combination of anextended feed-trough having track-ways on its upper edges, a feed truckhaving` wheels adapted to run on the track-ways and a receptacle withV asloping end and an extended upper edge, angle irons applied on the inneredges of said sloping ioo end, a slidable end member placed on the innersides of saidy angles, and keepers applied to the outer sides ot theends ot said member adjacent to the angles so as to catch over the outersides of the angles and hold the end member in slidable position ony theangles.

l0. In a'device of the character described,

the combination of an extended feed trough having track-ways on itsupper edges and a floor connected to one end of said trackways, a `feedtruclr adapted to run on said vrtrack-ways and yto be` dumped. into theiiD trough,l and also to run-.on the floor, and i means on said truckAto come in contact with the floor should it be slightly tilted toprevent `the truck from being dumped thereon, but `notto interfere with'the dumping or' the truck into the trough.

1l. In a device of the character described,

,the combination of an extended feed trough having track-ways on itsupper edges anda Cil Vtrack-ways andto be tilted lto prevent the truckfrom; being,`

dumped thereon, but not to interfere with the dumping of the truck intothe troughQ 12. In a device of the Character described,l thecombina-tion of an extended feed trough having truck-ways on its upperedges, u. feed-truek provided with e receptacle adapt edto run onthetraclrfways und at one end to bedumpedinto the feed-trough, the

Vdumpablev end of the receptacle being,` pro-` Vvided with a slidablemember7 it piece of tubing `and through holes in the sides oft' thereceptacle adjoining the endsof thel tub-L lng, und oneeor more @washersplaced be-` f tween the ends o't' thetubing and thesides of thereceptacle,Awherebygloosening the bolt and putting in or taking outwashers the distance between the sidesfrothe receptacle niey be widenedor narrowed to suit the side of the slidebleV member. Y

Fairield, low-zt, April 25th, 1921.

WAR- MATT'soN, K e

